American Civil War Maps and Photographs

United States

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American Civil War Maps and Photographs

United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Getting Started
Beginning Civil War Research Research Strategies Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
General Topics
African Americans Battles Bibliography Christian Commission Cultural Groups Indigenous Peoples Maps and Photographs Manuscript Collections Misc. Records Sanitary Commission State Records Southern Claims Commission Provost Marshals File
Union
Awards Biographies Casualty Records Cemetery Records Census Records Draft Records Navy Pension Records Prisoners of War Service Records Soldiers Homes Unit Histories Societies
Confederate
Amnesty Records Awards Biographies Casualty Records Cemetery Records Census Records Citizens File Navy Pension Records Prisoners of War Service Records Soldiers Homes Unit Histories Societies
Personnel Types
Conf. Regular Troops Union Regular Army Union Volunteers Union Veteran Reserve Corps

Maps

• Library of Congress, American Memory, Civil War maps, can be browsed or searched.

Information and sample articles on "Topics in Chronicling America - Civil War Maps in the New York Daily Tribune" provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in the "Chronicling America: American Historic Newspapers digital collection" of newspapers from the Library of Congress.

Example: New-York daily tribune., July 07, 1863, Image 1

• Confederate Maps, 1861-1876. NARA Record Group 109 War Department Collection of Confederate Records, NAID 305847

Photographs

• Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War- Era Personalities and Scenes, 1860-1865. NAID 524418; digital images
• Stereographs of the Civil War, 1861-1865. NAID 559265; digital images

A national directory from the Library of Congress that lists of libraries around the country that have the newspapers in their collections.